EP2024061A4 - Sweep control for membrane dryers - Google Patents

Sweep control for membrane dryers

Info

Publication number: EP2024061A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: sweep control; membrane dryers; dryers; membrane; sweep
Prior art date: 2006-06-06
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP07795811A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2024061A2 (en

Inventor

John H Burban

Robert O Crowder

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Porous Media Corp

Original Assignee

Porous Media Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2006-06-06

Filing date

2007-06-06

Publication date

2010-09-01

2007-06-06 Application filed by Porous Media Corp filed Critical Porous Media Corp

2009-02-18 Publication of EP2024061A2 publication Critical patent/EP2024061A2/en

2010-09-01 Publication of EP2024061A4 publication Critical patent/EP2024061A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D53/00—Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols
- B01D53/26—Drying gases or vapours
- B01D53/268—Drying gases or vapours by diffusion

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Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
Drying Of Gases (AREA)
Separation Using Semi-Permeable Membranes (AREA)

EP07795811A 2006-06-06 2007-06-06 Sweep control for membrane dryers Withdrawn EP2024061A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US81133206P	2006-06-06	2006-06-06
PCT/US2007/013352 WO2007146013A2 (en)	2006-06-06	2007-06-06	Sweep control for membrane dryers
US11/810,600 US20070277673A1 (en)	2006-06-06	2007-06-06	Sweep control for membrane dryers

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2024061A2 EP2024061A2 (en)	2009-02-18
EP2024061A4 true EP2024061A4 (en)	2010-09-01

Family

ID=38788600

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP07795811A Withdrawn EP2024061A4 (en)	2006-06-06	2007-06-06	Sweep control for membrane dryers

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
US (1)	US20070277673A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP2024061A4 (en)
WO (1)	WO2007146013A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (9)

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JP2006006989A (en) *	2004-06-22	2006-01-12	Anest Iwata Corp	Hollow fiber membrane type air dryer
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US7731784B2 (en) *	2006-10-11	2010-06-08	New York Air Brake Corporation	Membrane air dryer with sweep air control
US20080223212A1 (en) *	2007-03-16	2008-09-18	Crowder Robert O	Reducing moisture content of compressed air
US7651551B2 (en) *	2007-04-17	2010-01-26	New York Air Brake Corporation	Membrane air dryer with pre-charge volume
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US20140157985A1 (en) *	2011-05-03	2014-06-12	University Of Mississippi	Dehumidification Systems and Methods Thereof
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US10969124B2 (en)	2018-09-13	2021-04-06	University Of Mississippi	Vacuum sweep dehumidification system

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US20010035092A1 (en) *	2000-03-01	2001-11-01	Takeshi Hachimaki	Hollow fiber membrane dehumidification device

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2007
- 2007-06-06 EP EP07795811A patent/EP2024061A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2007-06-06 US US11/810,600 patent/US20070277673A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2007-06-06 WO PCT/US2007/013352 patent/WO2007146013A2/en not_active Ceased

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US5131929A (en) *	1991-05-06	1992-07-21	Permea, Inc.	Pressure control for improved gas dehydration in systems which employ membrane dryers in intermittent service
US5779897A (en) *	1996-11-08	1998-07-14	Permea, Inc.	Hollow fiber membrane device with inert filaments randomly distributed in the inter-fiber voids
US20010035092A1 (en) *	2000-03-01	2001-11-01	Takeshi Hachimaki	Hollow fiber membrane dehumidification device

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2007146013A2 (en)	2007-12-21
US20070277673A1 (en)	2007-12-06
EP2024061A2 (en)	2009-02-18
WO2007146013A3 (en)	2008-03-20

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2009-01-16	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2009-02-18	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20081204
2009-02-18	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A2 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
2009-02-18	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Extension state: AL BA HR MK RS
2009-09-09	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2010-09-01	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20100730
2011-06-03	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2011-07-06	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20110104